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Coalition Pushes for “Just Cause” Employment in Ithaca The campaign for “just cause” employment legislation in Ithaca continues. According to the Cornell Sun, the Ithaca Just Cause Coalition has been pushing Common Council to adopt their proposal and a working group on the matter is being formed. The coalition includes unions, nonprofits and businesses. The proposal would end “at will” employment in Ithaca. Under the proposed rule, employers would need to demonstrate that progressive steps were taken to address poor work performance before terminating an employee. Employers would also be able to fire people for illegal or dangerous behavior, or for economic reasons like loss of income. Employers who violate the rule would…
Youth Farm Project participants Stella Sapp-Dietrich and Etienne Exantus and Ray Hage Assistant Director of Cornell’s Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project on WRFI.
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Listen to author Raul Palma in conversation with student organizers April Morales, Emily Trage, Riley Rhoder and Professor Jacob White. The 2024 New Voices Festival runs from April 24-26 at Ithaca College and in your community.
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What does community radio mean to you? We think this commercial-free, free-form, independent station helps make our listeners lives-and life in our communities-just a little better. We strive to make programing that opens ears, opens hearts, and leads us to ask important questions about our world. Even if it’s just to ask yourself, “What in…
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This is the last of my three stories about freedom of expression at Cornell University this year. Here are links to the first and second stories. The academic theme at Cornell this year is “Freedom of Expression.” In earlier stories, we reported about the general mood at Cornell around free speech, and students’ opinions about…
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Tompkins County held another COVID-19 town hall last night to speak to the community and take questions. There, county leaders talked about the coronavirus vaccine and handling nursing home outbreaks, reports the Ithaca Times. Public Health Director Frank Kruppa says the Southern Tier will be getting 4,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine sometime this week.…
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According to the Ithaca Voice, today’s announcement by Governor Cuomo revealed that over 170,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be distributed throughout New York State. 4,500 of those doses will go to the Southern Tier region which encompasses Tompkins and Schuyler counties. Nursing home residents and staff members, along with general healthcare workers will…
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The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting potential exposures to COVID-19 at the Home Depot and Walmart in Ithaca. One individual who tested positive for COVID-19 is an employee at Walmart, and the other is an employee at Home Depot. Both people are in isolation and any close contacts are being asked to quarantine. Potential…
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The Tompkins County health department is reporting two potential public exposures to COVID-19 on TCAT Bus route 14S. The first exposure occurred on Route 14S on Saturday, November 28 inbound from Overlook Apartments to Walmart between 1:35pm and 1:55pm. The second exposure occurred on TCAT Route 14S on Monday November 30 inbound from Overlook Apartments…
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